Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Born 1980
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Her first film, A Normal Life, won Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003. Her second documentary, Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, won numerous festival awards. In 2013 she released Touba, a documentary about the Mouride pilgrimage to the city of Touba, in Senegal. Meru is her fourth film.

Festival de San Sebastián

Director

Producer

Documentaries
2023

Wild Life

2022

Return to Space

2021

The Rescue

2018

Free Solo

Screenwriter

Documentaries
2017

Abstract: The Art of Design (series)

2003

Normal Life, A

Guest